Journal 4+

So here’s what I think this app could use to revamp it into something incredible. One- it’s a journaling app, where are the; Fonts, ability to play around with drawing, italics, bolds, letter spacing etc. Two- it’s annoying that you can’t organize each “tab” as you’d like to. What if I wanna rearrange the order- have current writings I’m working on at the top while moving some to the bottom (it’s overwhelming having to scroll all the way up and down). Three- It would be cool to place them into Folders, keeping them tidy and under specific Titles of your choosing. Four- it would be great to organize and edit the photos you add TO YOUR LIKING. Last but not least Five- it seems Apple doesn’t wanna get into the whole colored font thing, but it could be a real eye appeal to be able to do so, it would pair nicely with the whole font optional combo. Matter of fact here’s number Six because this one’s a MUST- it’s incredibly annoying that every time I click to edit it automatically scrolls straight to the bottom (who said I wanted that lol)? Just open up just as the notes and pages app does. Anyway hope Apple takes my great advice and incorporates it into this app, it’ll make for brilliant capabilities.

5 stars because I love the app. I don’t want to give it any less because it’s knew and I see the potential. There needs to be some type of search option. I see a lot of people saying to make it like a blog type journal but please don’t, there’s apps for that already everybody. Love the minimalism vibe to the app but I don’t love that if I want to find something my only real options are searching by hitting “picture” which almost all of my journals have pictures. I like that it will prompt me to write about stuff and use my location to give me those prompts though. I wish that we could add titles though. The only ones with titles are the preset prompts and if I want one with a title I have to take one of those and completely change it (change location, photos, title). The only way I get titles is from a trip to the grocery store which I then change to a different journal. I use this app almost daily as I am young and go do fun stuff that I want to remember when I’m old. My memory is already pretty rough so having a journal for it is really a big help. Just think there’s a couple improvements to make but don’t go crazy and change the whole app please! Keep it as close as you can to this so I don’t have to find a new app and transfer everything.

I've been a professional writer all my life (novels and screenplays) but I've never been able to get into journaling, nor particularly wanted to. But I live by my iPhone (if it could be implanted in my head, I'd be happy) and Apple's own native Journal app is a thing of simplicity and pleasure.

You can very easily capture any thought or memory or reflection you like, including adding photographs and even music tracks. If, like me, you're a news junkie (I used to be a journalist), you can very simply post stories from your favorite online news sources and you don't even need to comment - you can just have them there as a record of our times.

There's a bookmark you can add to more personal posts, to make them easier to find, and while I'd like new ways of navigating all the posts you've written to be added in the future, this app is beautiful in its simplicity. Its true value won’t become apparent until later, when you have years' worth of recollections to look through, but the act of journaling is therapeutic and it's like a more private form of social media: you can vent, but only you see it! I would highly recommend trying this.